The Lansing ACLU chapter and Everybody Reads bookstore is hosting an event tonight to celebrate the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution

Wednesday, Dec. 15 — Do you have a favorite constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights? Need a soapbox to share your thoughts on issues like freedom of speech, right to bear arms and unlawful search and seizure? If so, then join the Lansing chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other civil rights enthusiasts tonight from 7 to 9 at Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave.

Carol Wood gives her colleagues an early Christmas present by streamlining Monday’s Lansing City Council meeting

Tuesday, Dec. 14 — With 28 resolutions on Monday’s Lansing City Council agenda, the meeting was shaping up to be a long one. However, a motion by Council Vice President Kathie Dunbar, without a challenge by At-Large Councilwoman Carol Wood, sped up the approval process.

What is a master plan? What does it do? And why is Lansing’s 52 years old?

Lansing Planning Director Bob Johnson’s downtown office is modestly sized ' a computer desk, a small table and some bookshelves. Aerial views of Lansing dot the walls. One bookshelf is loaded with three-ring binders, and there are files upon files that explain why Lansing looks the way it does.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy takes jabs at project labor agreements by way of downtown’s Market Place

Friday, Dec. 3 — Local developer Pat Gillespie appeared in an interview with the conservative think tank Mackinac Center for Public Policy in November to chat about his experiences with the Lansing City Council, tax incentives and downtown development.